Little Grandpa Liu challenged the Japanese national team and won two games in a row.
The news immediately went viral in China.
Clips of Little Grandpa Liu challenging the Japanese national team were everywhere on TikTok.
Across all the platforms, topics about Little Grandpa Liu defeating the Japanese national team shot straight to the top of the trending lists.
Hupu: <A Chinese hook-shot grandpa beats a Japanese national team player one-on-one>.
Weibo: <Hook-shot Little Grandpa Liu crushes Japan's national team>.
TikTok: <Chinese hook-shot grandpa beats Japan's national team two games in a row>.
These topics were everywhere across the platforms. Even people who barely followed basketball came across them.
The comments beneath the posts were all full of praise for Little Grandpa Liu.
When Kawamura Eiki heard that, his brows furrowed into a knot. This was exactly what was troubling him.
"Hook-shot Grandpa Liu has made our nation proud!"
Shimura Rui turned around and looked at the players, whose morale had already hit rock bottom.
His relatives and friends, as well as the basketball buddies he'd made on outdoor courts, were all calling one after another to congratulate him.
Grandpa Liu, meanwhile, was in high spirits.
"Hahaha, this is killing me. The Japanese got completely crushed by that old grandpa's hook shots. Hachimura's face was black the whole time."
He had originally planned to give the players a thorough scolding. He thought that once he chewed them out, their spirits would rise.
"If you want to work Little Grandpa Liu to death, just say so."
Just like that, Little Grandpa Liu had already returned home, yet he was famous across half the country.
"So, in tomorrow night's game, you have to bring your highest level of intensity. We absolutely cannot let them look down on our Bushido spirit. Only